reawaken
Britishverb
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to emerge or rouse from sleep
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to become or make aware of (something) again
Explanation
To reawaken is to revive or to wake up again. A block party may be just the thing to reawaken your neighborhood's community spirit. You'll almost always find reawaken used to talk about a state, emotion, or feeling, rather than a literal waking up from sleep. It's true, if you hit your alarm's snooze button, it will reawaken you in ten or fifteen minutes. But more often, you'll see your brother's interest in sports reawaken or your dad's sympathy for a cranky friend reawaken.
Example Sentences
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"Let us cast off the armour of our ethnic and political divisions, open our religious confessions to mutual encounter and reawaken in our hearts the dream of a united Lebanon," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
Detailed modeling points to at least two separate ejection events, months apart -- clear evidence that black holes can episodically "reawaken" after periods of apparent inactivity.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025
It’s designed to reawaken a ghost from the Vietnam era that has proven enduring, despite being repeatedly debunked.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025
And a planned field campaign this month to Waesche will explore the possibility that climate change could reawaken ice-bound volcanoes, whose hot, eruptive bursts could in turn accelerate ice loss in a new, dangerous feedback.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024
“No spell can reawaken the dead,” said Dumbledore heavily.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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